¹Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

¹Hareruya. nekuti zvakanaka kuti Mwari wedu aimbirwe nziyo dzokurumbidza; Zvinofadza, uye kurumbidza kwakafanira.

²The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

²Jehovha anovaka Jerusaremu; Anounganidza vakadzingwa vaIsiraeri.

³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

³Anoporesa vane moyo yakaputsika, Anosunga mavanga avo.

⁴He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

⁴Anotara kuwanda kwenyeredzi; Anodzipa dzose mazita adzo.

⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

⁵Ishe wedu mukuru, anesimba guru; Njere dzake hadziperi.

⁶The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

⁶Jehovha anobatsira vanyoro;

⁷Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

⁷Imbirai Jehovha muchimuvonga, Imbirai Mwari wedu nziyo dzokurumbidza nembira;

⁸Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

⁸Iye anofukidza denga namakore, Anogadzirira pasi mvura, Anomeresa uswa pamakomo.

⁹He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

⁹Anopa zvipfuwo zvokudya zvazvo, Navana vamakunguvo, anochema.

¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹⁰Haafadzwi nesimba rebhiza; Haafariri makumbo omurume.

¹¹The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

¹¹Jehovha anofara navanomutya, Navanotarira tsitsi dzake.

¹²Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

¹²Rumbidza Jehovha, iwe Jerusaremu; Rumbidza Mwari wako, iwe Ziyoni.

¹³For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

¹³nekuti wakasimbisa mazariro amasuwo ako; Akaropafadza vana vako mukati mako.

¹⁴He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁴Anoisa rugare panyika yako; Anokugutisa nezviyo zvakaisvonaka.

¹⁵He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

¹⁵Anotuma mirairo yake panyika; Shoko rake rinomhanya kwazvo.

¹⁶He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

¹⁶Anopa vanhu chando samakushe amakwai, anoparadzira chando samadota.

¹⁷He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

¹⁷Anokanda chimvuramabwe chake sezvimedu; Ndianiko angamira pachando chake?

¹⁸He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁸Anotuma shoko rake, ndokuzvinyausa; Anovhuvhutisa mhepo yake mvura ndokuyerera.

¹⁹He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

¹⁹Anozivisa Jakove shoko rake, Nalsiraeri mitemo yake nezvaakatonga.

²⁰He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

²⁰Haana kutongoitira rumwe rudzi saizvozvo; Kana zviri zvaakatonga, havana kuzviziva. Hareruya!